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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor;

 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentType;


 /**
  * Extension interface for {@link org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.IDocumentProvider}.
  * Extends a document provider with the ability to query the content type
  * of a given element.
  * <p>
  * This interface may be implemented by clients.
  * </p>
  *
  * @see org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.IDocumentProvider
  * @since 3.1
  */
 public interface IDocumentProviderExtension4 {

     /**
      * Returns the content type of for the given element or
      * <code>null</code> if none could be determined. If the element's
      * document can be saved, the returned content type is determined by the
      * document's current content.
      *
      * @param element the element
      * @return the content type or <code>null</code>
      * @throws CoreException if reading or accessing the underlying store
      * fails
      */
     IContentType getContentType(Object element) throws CoreException;
 }

